Andrea Hoke

The course is affiliated with the ceramics studio programs of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. It is intended to take place in cooperation with the university’s ceramics collection.Throughout the course, students will engage both theoretically and practically with tacit, craft-based, and artistic forms of knowledge. Using objects from the MAK collection, they will learn to read, decode, and interpret… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva

The course is part of the ceramics studio program at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. It is intended to take place in cooperation with the university's ceramics collection and/or the Glass and Ceramics Department of the Museum of Applied Arts.Throughout the course, students will engage both theoretically and practically with tacit, craft-based, and artistic aspects of knowledge. They will… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Matthias Beitl

When a museum with historical collections sets out to reinvent itself, leave behind old habits, expand its content and conservation practices, and at the same time strive for relevant socio-political significance, then museum staff, museum users, and collections alike are called upon to rise to the challenge. The Vienna Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art will reopen in mid-2027… 2026S, Lecture, 1.0 ECTS

Robert Linke

TEIL I Aggregatzustände (Phasendiagramm Wasser, Luftfeuchtigkeit, Sublimation (Gefriertrockung für Papierentsäuerung, überkritisches CO2) Atombau, Bohr-Modell, Elektronenkonfiguration, EN, Nuklide (Isotope, Isobare, Isomere…) Ionisierungsenergie, Radioaktivität Elektromagnetisches Spektrum und andere Strahlungen (Röntgen, UV, IR, Flammenfärbung) PSE: Orbitale (Hauptgruppen-Eigenschaften) Molbegriff: Molrechnungen Chemische Bindung Atombindung Ionenbindung Metallbindung Chemische WW Chemisches Gleichgewicht (Bsp. Ionentauscher) Wasserhärte-Wasserenthärtung Löslichkeit, Löslichkeitsprodukt (Bsp. AC-kompressen, Salzstabilisierungsverfahren) Konzentrationsangaben in der Chemie (Molarität (Wh)-Molalität-Molenbruch-Rechnungen) Säuren-Basen… 2025W, Lecture, 3.0 ECTS

Nadja Abt

Based on ideas of the surrealist movement, we are going to watch movies around the topic of dreams and dreamy landscapes/set designs. From Sergei Parajanov`s "The Color of Pomegranates" (1969) to David Lynch`s "Mullholland Drive" (2001). The program will span from the 1960s till today. The film seminar will take place every two weeks in the project room of the… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Camille Breuil

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall The urgent need for a new mindset within the building culture drives the core the Circular Strategies course. As our material world accounts… 2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Sina Herrmann

Ein interdisziplinäres Seminar zu nachhaltiger Museumsarbeit im Zeitalter der Klimakrise – mit Theorie, Praxisprojekten und Gastvorträgen in Kooperation mit dem Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W). Das Seminar widmet sich der Frage, wie Museen im Kontext der Klimakrise Verantwortung übernehmen und aktiv zum gesellschaftlichen Wandel beitragen können. Museen und ihre Mitarbeitenden können, wollen und müssen ihren Beitrag zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise leisten.… 2025W, Project - bound Seminar, 5.0 ECTS

Tanja Kimmel

Ein interdisziplinäres Seminar zu nachhaltiger Museumsarbeit im Zeitalter der Klimakrise – mit Theorie, Praxisprojekten und Gastvorträgen in Kooperation mit dem Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W). Das Seminar widmet sich der Frage, wie Museen im Kontext der Klimakrise Verantwortung übernehmen und aktiv zum gesellschaftlichen Wandel beitragen können. Museen und ihre Mitarbeitenden können, wollen und müssen ihren Beitrag zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise leisten.… 2025W, Project - bound Seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Marija Milchin

Climate change not only affects the economy and the environment but also has a significant impact on the preservation of cultural heritage. Changing climatic conditions result in altered degradation mechanisms for various materials—such as stone, metal, wood, or organic substances. Depending on the latitude, certain mechanisms will become more pronounced, leading to an increase in specific types of damage in… 2025W, Lecture, 1.0 ECTS

Jeung Guy Song

CLO ist eine 3D-Kostümdesign-Software, die den tatsächlichen Kostümherstellungsprozess reproduziert. In typischer 3D-Modellierungssoftware wie Maya oder Max wird die Oberfläche des 3D-Netzes geformt, um ein Kostüm zu erstellen. CLO hingegen erstellt 2D-Musterteile und näht sie zu 3D-Kostümen. Dieser Ansatz ist sehr effizient, da der Modellierungsprozess der 3D-Seite minimiert wird, und er ist intuitiv für diejenigen, die Modedesign studiert haben oder studierend.… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Julia Gabriela Huber

3D-visualization was discovered as a useful tool, that supports the process from garment development to productplacement. The rising request for digital skills in fashion industry is the logical consequence of the technical enrollment of programms. Innovative design processes and lean production demand digital data, flexible communication and global teamwork. The connection of workplaces and the data exchange are amongst many… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Franz Schubert

The seminar will explore the possibilities of real-time 3D with the free game engine Unity in conjunction with 3D animation/texturing software (Cinema4D/Blender, Substance Painter) for interactive applications. Game Asset and Level Creation (Modular Low Polycount Modeling, Composite Texture Maps, Modular Animations), User Interaction, Character Controller. Terrain Building, Terrain Texturing, Trees, Plants, Environmental Effects C#: User Interaction, Triggering Animations, Scripting Projectiles,… 2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Noor Stenfert Kroese

1th years: Collaborative Exhibition Making This bi-weekly, hands-on course supports first-year ArtScience students in collaboratively creating the yearly exhibition. Through active participation in committees: Project Management, Curatorial, Technical, and PR/Graphic. You will conceptualise, plan, develop, and execute the exhibition while also exhibiting your own artwork.The course combines practical workshops, brainstorming sessions, and feedback rounds to focus on: Shaping the exhibition’s… 2025W, Project Work, 1.0 ECTS

Viktoria Luisa Metschl

This lecture + workshop addresses and analyzes the colonial power of visuality and the fundamental dialectics of anti-colonial filmmaking to counter the imperialist violence of and in the image. The cinematic practices we look at are primarily grounded in Algerian (film) history of national liberation but stretch beyond geographical and temporal limits in line with the Tricontinental, Panafrican and internationalist… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Charlotta Ruth

This course focuses on communication of ideas in different media and how to facilitate collaborative environments. Students will explore different approaches to presenting projects that move beyond traditional presentation formats, emphasizing creativity, connection, interrelatedness and ethical engagement. The course will delve into playful and mindfulness based techniques for involving participants and fostering dialogue with special focus on transdisciplinary communication, collaborative… 2026S, Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Birgit Hertel

Taught are techniques in Photoshop and Illustrator and working with a wacom-tablet.(with regard to drawing, painting, illustrating, scribble and layout). Good basic knowledge of both programs is already required for the course. (Layers, masks, basic knowledge of tools, selections ) Contents of the course: - Workplace settings Photoshop/Illustator- Preparing and creating files - determining dimensions pixels vs. dpi.- Using a… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Hans Lechner

Overview on the following content: Part 1 construction project management Part 2 planning services Part 3 planner assignments Part 4 project development Part 5 organisational structures Part 6 general planner Part 7 scheduling Part 8 schedule control Part 9 cost planning (according to standards) Part 10 in-depth cost planning Part 11 tender + award Part 12 Cost Control Part 13… 2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Valerie Deifel

Writing has nothing to do with signifying. It has to do with surveying, mapping, even realms that are yet to come. —Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus As you begin to reflect on your practice, work and chosen topic through writing, you might ask yourself how you can incorporate the different materialities and how you can select and arrange the… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Jonas Bohatsch

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to coding-related technologies and their applications in the realms of art and design. The primary objective is not to turn you into a coding expert but to equip you with the skills needed to navigate projects that extend beyond graphical user interfaces. You'll gain practical knowledge and the confidence to harness the creative potential… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Ramón Reichert

In a period of accelerated innovation—particularly in machine learning and artificial neural networks—the societal reach of AI-enabled technologies has greatly expanded, with far-reaching consequences for social organization, knowledge regimes, and global economic structures. These consequences include: (1) the reshaping of power dynamics, as AI systems mediate decision-making processes previously governed by human judgment; (2) the intensification of surveillance and control… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Adnan Maral

Die Lehrveranstaltung vermittelt Präsentationsskills, und wendet diese praktisch an. 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Jens Petter Waernes

Successful communication starts with a strong idea. In this workshop, we’ll explore how bold, relevant, and impactful ideas are born – and how they stand out from the ordinary. Working in small teams, students will tackle a briefing and go through the entire creative process: from concept to execution. The focus is on curiosity, collaboration, and passionate creativity – with… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Eva Buchheim

Konzeption und Verfeinerung von Ideen sowie die Entwicklung der physischen Ergebnisse und Kommunikationsstrategien für echte und fiktionale Kunden. Erlernt werden Methoden der Ideenfindung, Kommunikation und Präsentation. 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Christoph Höschele

KISS (Keep it simple s...) Realizing a Video Installation In this seminar, participants are invited to develop, plan, and realize a video work or a video and/or sound installation. The seminar addresses several key areas: Presentation and group discussion of selected examples of media installations Introduction to the object-oriented programming environment Isadora https://troikatronix.com/ Working with playback devices such as projectors,… 2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Michal Leszuk

This series of workshops invites us to explore the potential outcomes of a promiscuous research methodology for the curatorial, not only as a system of knowledge production but also as a generative framework through which theoretical, philosophical, artistic, and aesthetic modalities shape the research—not toward a complex unity, but as a site of diverse forms of becoming. It advocates for… 2025W, Workshop, 2.0 ECTS

Christian Liclair

Was ist „queer“ an Kunst und Kunstgeschichte? Welche Methoden kennzeichnen queere Kunsttheorie, welche Gegenstände lassen sich als queer bestimmen? Lässt sich Queerness auf Fragen von Sexualität und Geschlecht begrenzen – auf den menschliche Körper? Und wenn, wie José Esteban Muñoz in Cruising Utopia betont, Queerness sich der Gegenwart entzieht und eher als Horizont zukünftiger Möglichkeiten zu denken ist, welchen Sinn… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Elena Shapira

The seminar, "Cultural Identity and Diaspora," draws from scholarly research on emigration, marginalized groups, and cultural integration. It examines the complex and circumscribed relationships that émigré artists and designers developed in their home and adopted countries. The seminar aims to promote a qualitative understanding of émigrés' and exiles' experiences within broader "host communities" when confronted with different environments and cultural… 2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Chantal Kaufmann

In the winter semester of 2025/26, students will have the opportunity to analyze six art institutions in Vienna in depth. As a continuation of the course “Why Galleries,” this time the focus will be on the specific profiles of individual institutions. To this end, we will engage in an in-depth examination of the curatorial practice, historical development, content, and organizational… 2025W, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Barbara Reisinger

The seminar examines contemporary art from the perspective of disability studies. The prosthetic expansion of bodies by means of medical and technical devices can be regarded as a basic condition of contemporary experience. Accordingly, the question is how current art reflects the hybrid, post-human quality of our bodies. Exemplary artistic positions include Lorenza Böttner, Park McArthur, Caroline Lazard, Jesse Darling.… 2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Lukas Rose

Dieser Kurs richtet sich an angehende Kunstpädagog*innen, die ihre künstlerischen Fähigkeiten durch ein fundiertes Verständnis geometrischer Prinzipien ausbauen möchten. Das erworbene Wissen soll den Horizont bezüglich einer geometrischen Sichtweise auf konkrete Problemstellungen erweitern. Desweiteren bietet der Kurs auch eine solide Grundlage für das mögliche zukünftige Unterrichten des Schulfachs "Geometrisch Zeichnen". Verankerung im Lehrplan Technik und Design:"Darstellen (analog/digital): ua. Design, Entwurf,… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Jan Völker

Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts brachte der Weltumsegler und Entdecker James Cook von einer Reise nach Polynesien den Begriff des Tabus nach Europa: Das Tabu bezeichnete bei den indigenen Völkern einen Gegenstand, der heilig und verboten zugleich war. Einhergehend mit einer Südseemanie, die sich in der Mitte de 19. Jahrhunderts in einen ausgeweiteten kolonialen Handel übertrug, zieht das Tabu weiteres Interesse… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Sophia Rohwetter

„Si j’écris dans ma voiture, mon autobiographie sera mon AUTO-FICTION.“(Wenn ich in meinem Auto schreibe, wird meine Autobiographie zur AUTO-FIKTION.)— Serge Doubrovsky In diesem Seminar untersuchen wir das mögliche Verhältnis zweier allgegenwärtiger Phänomene in der zeitgenössischen Kunst und Literatur: das Genre der Autofiktion und das Objekt des Automobils. Autofiktion und Automobil sind – so die Ausgangsthese der Lehrveranstaltung – nicht… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Julienne Lorz

Who is "Das Publikum" - the audience? And is it even the right term? Should it instead be the public or publics? Or are terms such as visitors, viewers, spectators, participants, communities - to name but a few other terms – more apt? How does participation take place and what is meant by a ‘third place’? What role does ‘the… 2026S, Lecture, 2.0 ECTS

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Ufaq Inaam

Decolonizing Design through Justice and Ethnography How can design, as a practice of knowledge production, actively dismantle colonial hierarchies embedded in everyday objects and systems; reclaiming indigenous epistemologies and fostering autonomy, as urged by critical scholars like Arturo Escobar and Linda Tuhiwai Smith? This seminar critically examines the pervasive influence of colonial legacies in everyday design contexts, from household objects… 2025W, Introductory Seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Marcus Bruckmann

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht im ersten Semester des Studiums Industrial Design zu absolvieren. Anhand unterschiedlicher Aufgabenstellungen werden zentrale Aspekte des Entwurfsprozesses  transparent gemacht, systematisch bearbeitet und reflektiert: Aufgabenerkennung Research Ideenentwicklung Methodenabwägung Projektkommunikation Dokumentation Selbstorganisation Arbeit im Team Wissen und Fertigkeiten werden in der Vermittlung auf den Entwurfsprozess bezogen, werden als Entwurfswerkzeuge verstanden und gelangen unmittelbar zur Anwendung.   2025W, Individual Artistic Instruction, 5.0 ECTS

Stefan Diez

Excursion to Studio Munich (after the winter break)A one-week short project will take place in our Munich studio together with the Munich team. The program includes hands-on work in the studio, joint excursions, cooking together, and plenty of opportunities to get to know each other better. 2025W, Individual Artistic Instruction, 5.0 ECTS

Anab Jain

DESIGN A CHAIRDesigning a chair is almost a cliché — yet no object carries more design history, symbolism, and expectation. Chairs hold the weight of bodies and ideas: from thrones and benches to folding stools and ergonomic machines. They signal comfort, power, exclusion, rest, and resistance. This summer semester we invite you to design and build a chair. Your chair… 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 15.0 ECTS

Sofia Podreka Dibelka

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht im ersten Semester des Studiums Industrial Design zu absolvieren. Anhand unterschiedlicher Aufgabenstellungen werden zentrale Aspekte des Entwurfsprozesses  transparent gemacht, systematisch bearbeitet und reflektiert: Aufgabenerkennung Research Ideenentwicklung Methodenabwägung Projektkommunikation Dokumentation Selbstorganisation Arbeit im Team Wissen und Fertigkeiten werden in der Vermittlung auf den Entwurfsprozess bezogen, werden als Entwurfswerkzeuge verstanden und gelangen unmittelbar zur Anwendung. 2025W, Individual Artistic Instruction, 5.0 ECTS

Marcus Bruckmann

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht im ersten Studienabschnitt des Studiums Industrial Design zu absolvieren. Die Lehrveranstaltung steht in inhaltlichem Zusammenhang mit dem abteilungsweiten Semesterthema. 2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Stefan Diez

The course is related to the department-wide semester topic Angewandte ID x HAY. Project work includes research, excursions, workshops, project development, and prototype development.The semester project focuses on designing a seating object in conceptual reference to the Danish furniture manufacturer HAY. The chair serves as a condensed design challenge and a testing ground for construction, proportion, ergonomics, materiality, joining techniques,… 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 3.0 ECTS

Anab Jain

DESIGN A CHAIRDesigning a chair is almost a cliché — yet no object carries more design history, symbolism, and expectation. Chairs hold the weight of bodies and ideas: from thrones and benches to folding stools and ergonomic machines. They signal comfort, power, exclusion, rest, and resistance. This summer semester we invite you to design and build a chair. Your chair… 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 12.0 ECTS

Matthias Pfeffer

Industrial Design  engineering complementary course to broaden the technical basic-understanding alternately application of  analog and dig 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 12.0 ECTS

Sofia Podreka Dibelka

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht im ersten Studienabschnitt des Studiums Industrial Design zu absolvieren. Die Lehrveranstaltung steht in inhaltlichem Zusammenhang mit dem abteilungsweiten Semesterthema. 2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 3.0 ECTS

Christian Ruschitzka

Semester theme: Where to Sit The course consists of case studies, excursions, guest lectures, practical personal experiences, etc. 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Katrin Sailer

This course must be completed as individual artistic tuition in the first stage of the Industrial Design degree program. The course is related to the department-wide semester topic. It is offered and conducted together with Peter Mahlknecht. Project work: research, fieldtrip, workshop, project development and development of the prototype 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Christian Steiner

This course is to be completed as individual instruction in the first stage of the Industrial Design programme. The course content is related to the department-wide semester theme. It is offered and conducted by a team of two instructors. For further information, please see the briefing! Together with Eliza Fateeva 2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Elisabeth Wildling

This course must be completed as individual artistic tuition in the first stage of the Industrial Design degree program.The course is related to the department-wide semester topic. It is offered and conducted together with Peter Mahlknecht. Project work: research, field trip, workshop, project development and development of the prototype/system/"poem"Weekly meetings on Wednesdays, 1-4 pm. 2025W, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Marcus Bruckmann

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht in jenem Semester zu absolvieren, in dem die Absicht besteht, den ersten Studienabschnitt zu beenden und zur kommissionellen Teilprüfung anzutreten.     2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Elizaveta Fateeva

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht in jenem Semester zu absolvieren, in dem die Absicht besteht, den ersten Studienabschnitt zu beenden und zur kommissionellen Teilprüfung anzutreten. 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS